Two men are in custody in Gloucestershire after they were arrested at RAF Fairford.

Police say the men were arrested for aggravated trespass at about 0525 GMT on Tuesday at the airbase where US B-52 bombers are currently based.

A friend of peace campaigners Phillip Pritchard, 32, and Toby Olditch, 34, both from Oxford, said they were arrested while attaching pictures of Iraqi victims of previous bombing campaigns and sanctions to the base's fence.

Several peace protests have taken place at the base and there have been previous arrests for breaking through security.

On Monday, two women were arrested as a group of veteran peace campaigners gathered at RAF Fairford to voice their opposition to a possible war with Iraq.

Up to 50 elderly women - many in their 70s and 80s and calling themselves the 'Grannies for Peace' - were protesting outside the base, home to US B-52s in the run-up to a potential conflict in the Gulf.